Dull backache, throbbing and constant, bad headache and stomach pain. When does this happen?

I ve been experience a dull backache in my lower back for a few months now, recently the pain is traveling to my ypper back as well. Some pains are dull, throbbing and constant. While others are like sharp jabs.I have been experiencing bad headaches frequently. I ve always had headaches, since I was eight years old, but they had gone away and just recently came back. Also, I ve been having bad stomach pains. Normally throbbing and constant in my lower stomach, but recently also on the left side under my ribs. I have also been having an irregular period, coming every few days. Basically, I am always in pain. If its not all of these symptoms, its one.

Hello,
Thanks for posting this question in HCM
First of all let me tell you that a given medical problem can be due to various causes. Headache can be due to various causes too. It can be due to brain tumor, infection, problem in the blood vessels of brain, migraine and so on. Whether a patient with headache will require a brain scan largely depend upon the presence or absence of neurological deficit on neurological assessment by a neurologist. Similar is the story is for backache.
In view of long duration of hisotory, the diagnosis of your symptoms could be due to migraine.
Regarding the management of migraine there are two steps
1. Treatment of the severe episodes: During severe episodes, one can use paracetamol, other analgesics, sumatriptan nasal spray (make sure that you don’t have heart problem, it cannot be used if you have)
2. Treatment in absence of headache: There are medicines which can alter the migraine in due course and these medicines are to be used for daily for 6months-1 year. The medicines available are valproate (not good for females due to weight gain, menstrual problem,), topiramate, amitriptiline, propranolol.
3. Identify the factor which aggravates the headache and try to avoid coffee and strees, sleep deprivation. Do relaxation. All these methods will decrease the severity of headache and prevent future episodes.
Regarding your back pain, i will suggest you to see a neurologist who will determine if there is any neurological problem or not. A scan will tell us the exact cause of back pain. If there is no problem in the scan, you may have to be on analgesics for few days followed by physiotherapy. I advise you to undergo a neurological assessment to pin point the dianosis and deal as per the cause.
Hope this will clarify

Answered: Wed, 23 Jan 2013

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